50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2016

50. Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
city slang

49. Powell - Sport

XL

48. WONK - Sphere

EPistroph

47. Negative Gemini - Body Work

100% electronica

46. dvsn - SEPT. 5TH

ovo sound / warner bros.

45. inc. no world - As Light As Light

no world

44. Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams

melodic

43. Jamila Woods - HEAVN

closed sessions

42. Jay Daniel - Broken Knowz

technicolour

41. Torn Hawk - Union and Return

mexican summer

40. Yumi Zouma - Yoncalla

caScine

39. Porches - Pool

domino

38. Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death

vapor / warner bros.

37. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

xl

36. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

domino

35. Tinashe - Nightride

rca

34. ふくろうず - だって、あたしたちエバーグリーン

tokuma japan

33. 花泥棒 - Yesterday and more

cotton club

32. Preoccupations - Preoccupations

jagjaguwar

31. Liss - First

xl / escho

30. Fifth Harmony - 7/27

epic / syco

29. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

Sacred bones

28. Wet - Don't You

columbia

27. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake

Secretly canadian

26. D.A.N. - D.A.N.

Sswb / bayon production

25. Lust for Youth - Compassion

Sacred bones

24. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth

mexican summer

23. Francis and the Lights - Farewell, Starlite!

kttf

22. Yves Tumor - Serpent Music

pan

21. Mitski - Puberty 2

dead oceanS

20. The Weeknd - Starboy

xo / republic

19. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

dirty hit / polydor / interscope

18. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN

jagjaguwar

17. Jamie Isaac - Couch Baby

marathon artists

16. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Saint / columbia

15. Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp

yellow k / dead oceans

14. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation

double denim

13. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

g.o.o.d. music / def jam

12. Charlift - Moth

columbia

11. 蓮沼執太 - メロディーズ

Space shower

10. Rihanna - ANTI

westbury road / roc nation

9. Cemetery - DENIAL

condominimum

8. ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS

Secretly canadian / rough trade

7. Frank Ocean - Blonde

boys don't cry

6. LSTNGT - Boarding Gate

Solitude solutions

5. Postiljonen - Reverie

hybriS / best fit

4. Beyoncé - Lemonade

parkwood / columbia

3. 宇多田ヒカル - Fantôme

universal

2. Special Favorite Music - Magic Hour

p-vine

1. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

Self-released